[smussuw]

it is officially Friday and Saturday.

 

[DG]

^ faster than Reuters

 

[BinALAin]

why friday and saturday not thursday and friday.......... what are the reasons for the changes.

 

[DG]

starting on 1st of Sept

 

[crazyeight]

It's going to be weird adjusting to the new holiday! Saturday and Friday were always my least favourite days.

 

[dubaiflo]

better for dubai.

anyway, most private companies already had fri/sat.

quite fast smussuw, where did u hear

 

[DG]

^ TV

 

[smussuw]

Actully dubaiflo most had thu/fri.

anyway fri/sat is better for the UAE

 

[ahmedr]

just like egypt, great!

 

[smussuw]

^ welcome

 

[dubaiflo]

Actully dubaiflo most had thu/fri.

anyway fri/sat is better for the UAE

i would think it mostly was fri/sat.

altin agrees on that point i guess

 

[smussuw]

:dunno:

 

[Krazy]

all of DIC and DMC has had fri/sat for a long time. It makes more sense since you now all you really end up sacrificing are two days: fridays and sundays (for companies dealing with other companies outside the middle east). With thursdays and fridays off, they used to loose 4 days.

 

[smussuw]

yes I know about DMC and DIC but Ive always had the impression that it is mostly thu/fri, even DP world had thu/fri. Maybe because I rarely know someone who have it on fri/sat

The next step is to give the bank sector 2 days off especially to help Emiratization :cheers:

 

[Krazy]

2 days in a week shud be given off to everyone.... and cut down on the ridiculously long annual leaves that people take

 

[smussuw]

^ I think that they will already do that in the new Human Development law for Dubai Government. I also heard that they would raise the salaries by 3000 to 6000 in July. Not sure on how accurate is that though.

 

[Emirati_Girl]

why Friday and Saturday >> i am full of angry we r not jews.. also i like Thursday as a holiday because i can think in that day :/ .. and i am sleeping at Saturday... shitttttttttt what's bad news Sum

 

[DUBAI]

When i worked everyone who worked a five day week too friday/sat ...which seemed to be mostly everyone.

everyone who worked 5 1/2 days too off thursday afternoon.

guess its better to have it all together, less complex, better for business.

and what does religion have to do with the day which is taken off?

three religions, all celebrating the same damn day on different days of the week :bash:

 

[Emirati_Girl]

i know why.. in my opinion,.. the economy of the world is very active on Thursday..

 

[DUBAI]

I know why too, but im sure my reasons to do with market flux are very different from yours.